Barclay Ogden, head of the Library's Preservation Department, is the recipient of the 2009 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. The award, consisting of $1,500 and a citation, recognizes the contribution of a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation and/or conservation for library and/or archival materials.

For decades, Barclay has contributed locally, nationally and internationally to the promotion of a wide range of library preservation issues, from library binding to digitization, from disaster preparedness to collection assessment and identifying preservation priorities. He has led and advised on numerous grant projects, ranging from preservation microfilming projects to investigating accelerated aging techniques for polyvinyl acetate adhesive in binding. One of his major contrbutions to the field of preservation has been in disaster planning and assistance. The NEH recognized the California Preservation Program as a model that could be adapted readily to regional disaster planning. To respond to this challenge, Barclay co-created the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS http://westpas.org ). The service recruits preservation experts throughout the area to serve as trainers and consultants. Thanks to Barclay's leadership and vision, much-needed emergency response training is available in 14 Western states and Pacific territories.

Another major accomplishment is Barclay's work in the development of CALIPR (http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/CALIPR/). Developed in 1991, CALIPR was one of the first automated preservation collection assessment tools for print-based collections, and has been used for years by libraries worldwide. Recently, Barclay initiated the adaptation of CALIPR for use in assessing vast collection of audiovisual materials.

The Banks/Harris Award is given each year by the Preservation and Reformatting Section of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of ALA. The award is sponsored by Preservation Technologies, L.P. It will be presented at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. Congratulations, Barclay!

Chuck Eckman, AUL Collections